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Comparative academic ratings probably mean less to a lot of recruits than you think. A huge advantage FSU had for years was the availability of easy majors. UM had abolished physical education major years ago. FSU had that major I believe and a criminology major that dumber kids could go to and...

In the late '80's JJ started to expand the recruiting horizon away from Dade somewhat because so many kids were academic carwrecks. You think Dade is the be-all, end-all but south Florida schools, especially Dade, were a disaster. I don't know if it"s as bad now. We rarely hear about kids we...

I'm skeptical about that. Even during our best years, I noticed that we had trouble recruiting the deep South and North Florida. When Panhandle talent was more elite (late '80's) kids would rather go to Auburn, etc., than UM. I couldn't understand why southern Black kids wouldn't want to escape...